Disney's High School Musical 2 Cast Announced!

Casting is now complete for Disney's High School Musical 2, running June 13-21 in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. North Carolina Theatre is thrilled to produce this show for the first time in North Carolina! Congrats to all who made it in the show! We had a wonderful turn out at auditions. Thank you to everyone who came out!

Chase Peacock: Troy Bolton

Renee Albulario: Gabriella Montez
Gretchen Bieber: Sharpay Evans
Jason Edward Cook: Ryan Evans
Josh Breckenridge: Chad Danforth
Kaitlin Rose Mercurio: Kelsi Nielsen
Krystal Joy Brown: Taylor McKessie
Meredith Davis: Martha Cox
Christopher Spaulding: Zeke Baylor
Jeffrey Vizcaino: Jack Scott
Jeffrey H. Richardson: Mr. Fulton
Hailey Best: Sharpette
Chandon Jones: Sharpette
Heather Shaw: Sharpette

East High Wildcats
Amarachi Anakaraonye
Clayton Bailey
Todd Beasley
Allison Bonner
Alexandra Bowers
Curtis Brown
Paige Burhans,
Nick DeVito
Kassy Edwards
Emily Gardenhire
Elgin Giles
Robert Green
Carly Jordan
Aaron Pratt
Jordan Sasser
Kelsey Walston
Corey Warren

Underclassmen
Rachel Akin
Victoria Kite
Jessica Koons
Alejandro La Rosa
Lydia Leggett
Connor Lillis
John Molloy
Kyle Perren
Nyja Peterson
Tara Polhemus
Cedric Stapleton
Joey Stephens
Adam Stern-Rand
Alex Tobey
Anna van Venrooy
Logan Williamson

Jr. High Trio
Aneesa Johnson
Shelby Kurtzman
Alexis van Venrooy

Miss Saigon on RaleighBroadwayWorld.com!

MISS SAIGON Flies Into Raleigh Memorial Auditorium March 21

North Carolina Theatre and Progress Energy are thrilled to present Miss Saigon, the classic love story of our time based on Puccini’s opera, Madame Butterfly. The show will run Saturday, March 21st through Sunday, March 29th in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts.

From the creators of the Broadway smash-hit Les Miserables comes a story of love, loss and sacrifice during the fall of Saigon. The story of Miss Saigon centers on the romance between a strong-willed Vietnamese woman, Kim, and an American soldier, Chris, during the Vietnam War. The Chicago Sun-Times raves “Miss Saigon – the musical epic. Grand in ambition, lushly melodic, extravagant in emotion, formidable in stagecraft, consistently fascinating.”

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"Fly Me to the Moon"

Fly Me to the Moon: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra opened last weekend! Joe Amato pays tribute to Ol' Blue Eyes in this series at the new Rat Pack Lounge located in Prime Only Downtown at 505 W. Jones Street in Raleigh. Come to the dinner show at 7 PM or the cocktail show at 10 PM and you are in for a treat! Joe sings all of your Frank Sinatra favorites and tells some interesting stories about Frank's life. Here is an excerpt from the title song, "Fly Me to the Moon."

There are only three weekends left (September 25-28; October 2-5; October 9-11) - so buy your tickets today! Tickets for the dinner show are $70 per person; cocktail show tables are $20 per couple in advance. For reservations call NC Theatre at 919.831.6941 x6941. For more information visit http://www.nctheatre.com/.

New Form of Entertainment Hits Downtown Raleigh this Thursday!

NC Theatre has teamed up with Prime Only Downtown to bring a new entertainment concept to the downtown area in the restaurant’s newly renovated Rat Pack Lounge. The formula is simple – combine a music legend, live band, good food and drinks – and you have the Rat Pack Lounge series.

The Rat Pack Lounge series began this past April with The Cooke Book, the music of Sam Cooke, and the combination of dinner and the show was a huge hit! The restaurant saw an increase in patrons and sales, and the public left wanting more.

The series will continue with Fly Me to the Moon, a musical tribute to Frank Sinatra beginning September 18th and running through October 11th. Fly Me to the Moon will chronicle the life and times of the great music legend and will feature your favorite Frank Sinatra tunes including “My Way,” “I’ll Be Seeing You,” “Chicago,” “The Lady is a Tramp” and many other classics.

Joe Amato will perform Frank Sinatra numbers in the series and has over thirty five years of performing experience. He has served as guitarist, backup vocalist with Dion on hits such as “Runaround Sue,” songwriter for artists like B.B. King and radio personality. In the early 1990s, Amato was a part of the world renowned Las Vegas production company “Legends in Concert” where he portrayed Frank Sinatra to astounded audiences.

William Jones, NC Theatre’s executive director and producer says, “We are thrilled to have the opportunity to continue this new entertainment concept in downtown Raleigh and hope it becomes a tradition in the growing Glenwood South scene.”

Escape the crowded bars in downtown Raleigh and experience a new form of entertainment venue at the Rat Pack Lounge! The room has been turned into a 1960s Vegas showroom – with comfortable booths, a small dance floor and nice bar. Catch the dinner show and you will be treated to a delicious three-course meal in addition to the show. If you would rather just see the show, the cocktail show is an option as well.

The dinner show is $70 per person; cocktail show tables are $20 per couple if reserved in advance. To make a reservation, call the NC Theatre Box Office at 919/ 831-6941 x6944. For more information, please visit www.nctheatre.com.